Entimations.
鮮燙
A. S. WATSON & CO.,
LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED 1841.
WINE AND SPIRIT
MERCHANTS.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,
SHERRIES.
BOTTLED BY
GEO. G. SANDEMANN SONS &
CO., LTD.
Per dozen.
Light Dry
Solera
...$13.00
18.00
Very Pale Dry
Full Golden
71.00
Tale Dry Nully...............................
Fine Old Brown
36.00
24.00
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, JUNE
favours the debtor to the disadvantage of ƒ DURING, the fortnight ended 20th inst., 68. All communicating Intendo for publication in the crediton-Until the question is clearly houses were limewashed and cleansed by the The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH should be settled as to what "proving presumption 10 and 983 in the western district, making a total Snitary Board officials, in the central district, wirowed to The Hills, 1, los Hones Road, and alwold he accompanied by the Writer's Name and abscond" means, trade is bound to be ham-for the year of 5,3735) SLA
pered and handicapped to the mutual loss
Medinary basins eram les tone shall ir addressed The Elitar will is unfertake to be rojible for
to The Manager.
any rejected MN, nor to return any Contribulion. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE), DALLYA-180 per astrini. WEEKLY-$18 per minum,
The raten per quarter wol par moisena, proportional. The daily ine in doitveral free when the address ke atcomible to merenger. Du copion mail by p satani allitional $1,80 por q'sarter is élargad for pentage. The postage on the wookly inque to any part of the
world in 80 conis per quarter.
of commerce and the community. On the Lt Hing was charged this morning with neg. subset of compradores appearing on behilflecting to report a case of contagious disease of their principals, that is, another question at No. 178 Des Vœux Road, on the a(th"inst which has an important bearing on bank. These premises are used as a barber's shop. ruptcy suits, but in this case it is of less im: The man was convicted and flued itos or two
months' imprisonment portance than the question to which we | have called attention.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Single Copies Daily, en cents: Weekly, twenty-FOUR
fire cants.
he Hongkong Gelegraph
HONGKONG, Tuesday, June 27, 1905.
ABSCONDING DEBTORS,
An important judgment, which may prove to have far-reaching effects, was delivered by the Chief Justice of Hongkong on Saturday last in connection with a bank. ruptcy suit,
An old-established firm of Chinese merchants, closely in touch with
many
influential foreign firms in the city, suspended payment in the early part of this month. The creditors appear to have been taken by surprise, but negotiations were commenced between the two partners and the compradores of the firais interested. For four days negotiations proceeded, and it appears that one of the partners then
absconded. Accordingly, the creditors al leged that they were under the belief that unless the remaining partner was arrested he will abscond as his partner appears.to have done." On that ground, taken in
fatal plague cases were notified since yesterday at noon.
THE transport Dufferin arrived with the 41st Dogrus from Bombay this morning;
SECRETARY Tak has decided not to buy any foreign-built ships at present, nor to purchase abroad any material for the Panama Canal construction beyond that needed for immediato,
Use,
No less than twelve cases of spotted fever have broken out in Irthlingborough (Northampton
shire), and this fact has created something like a panic there. No other town in the district, so far, has been affected.
The following is taken from "Tillotson's Weekly Newspaper Service":"Macintosh boasts a good deal about his family, doesn't het 'Yes; I think he claims that he heard that his family was the original Macintosh that Noab bad with him during that rainy season.”
THE Korean Government has granted a con. cession for the exploitation of the valuable Sovan mines. Engineers have alrendy arrived and have begun work. Another mining con ceision has been granted to the American firm of Collbran & Bostwick.
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Tifz Government Analyst submitted to the Sanitary Board this afternoon a report on samples of water taken from a well at No, 62 a, Queen's Road, Central. He stated that this, water is so tainted with impurities as to be nufil for potable purposes, and likely to prove injurious to health,
27, 1905.
SHIPPING JETSÄM:
The purchase price of the British steamer Garlic is reported to be somewhere near $100,000. Ber purchasers have not been an nounced.
The steamer Mississippi is now in Manila' bay loading a cargo of 18,000 bales of honip for Boston. She will go home by way of the Cape of Good Hops.
TELEGRAMS
[Renter's]
The Biote in Russian Poland,
HOSPITALS CROWDED
LONDON, 25th June "The latest account from Lodz stated that
130 were killed, and many hundreds, wound- ed in the riots yesterday; 41 died during the
Several unemployed, kramen imbibed tonight in the hospitals, which are overflowing freely yesterday with the result that they were Fighting was continued to-day when 18 fined in sums ranging from $210 $5. One man had been shot and wounded up to noon; the assaulted the police and got three weeks with dead were being hurriedly removed to the
out the option.
cemelerles in the Municipal dust carts.
Jamos Murphy, a seaman on the sailing ship Travancore, was charged before Mr. Hazeland this morning with disobeying the lawful com mands of Haroli Metcalfe, second mate, en. THE Japanese authorkies are noout to take board the vessel on the 25 h inst. "The prose proceedings against several Tokyo newsp pers | culor did not appear, but defendant admitted for publishing particulars of the launch of des- that he was awfully drunk, though he denied troyers, &c., without first obtaining permission. | having refused to obey orders. As there was of the Minister for the Navy, and thereby in no prosecutor, Mr. Haisland discharged the fringing the Navy Department.order. The olendabt and warned him to go on board and journals to be prosecuted are the Nicht-Nicki, Bekave himself, or he would get into serious Kokumin Niroku, Atiyako, and fupan Timer, itluble. The man left Court promising to be
of good behaviour in future.
PHILIP SINCOCK, chief engineer at the Cemeat. Works, was charged with assaulting and caus ing bodily harm to Yung Yuan Sheung, at Hung Hom on the 26th inst. It was alleged hat. Yung was at the factory, standing on a platform raised about ra feet from the ground, when the defendant kicked him and caused him to fall and break his leg. Defendant denied the charge, and the case was adjourned for a
week.
ANOTHER fail from a house tonk place last evening, by reason of which a shop-coolle em ployed at the Fuk Tai piece-goods shop, No. 33, Jervois Street, lost his life. It appears that the conlic was fixing the j duusies of one of the windows on the second storey, which had be come loosened, when he overbalanced himself
was picked up and removed to the Government Civil Hospital, but died, is the result of a frac- lured skull, shortly after admission,
THE S8 PLEIADES.
To determine whether the steamer, shipper or insurance company shall stand the loss ex ceeding $1,500 fur flour stolen by Russian sol diers at Port Arthur in February last year is the purpose of libel proceedings commenced in the Federal Court by the Centennial Milling Company against the steamship Pieloades. The Fletades loaded flour at Tacoma for delivery. at Port Arthur, reaching that port on February 7th, the day that the Russo-Japancie war broke put. While she was in port trying to secure
consent to be released, the Russians took a considerable part of the flour cargo and grace tically confiscated, it Being unable to land her cargo at Port Arthur, the Firindes landed it at Chefoo where it was sold for what it would bring. Though the complaint states
The Russian Volunteer Cruisers.
Later. The Dnieper has arrived at Jibutil with the crew of the St. Kilda.
The Morocco Question. Reuter's correspondent in Fez wires that al though there is no indication that Morocco's decision anent, Bor Saida is other than serious, it is suggested that the Moroccans are bluffing hoping to obtain a cessation of the stoppage of arms.
The Prospects of Peade. It is believed in Washington, that an ar mistice is not likely before the plenipotenti aries meet in the middle of August.
HARBOUR FATALITY,
THE INQUIRY,
Before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, sitting as coro-
ner, this afternoon, 'on' Inquiry was held into the circumstances touching the death of one Lam Kwai, who was drowned in the harbour on the Tith inst, as the result of a collision be
tween two laagches.
The follow ng jury was empannelled and
conjunction with other statements submitted IN the treasure tanks of the Siberia was the and fell to the road, a distance of 31 feet; He that the amount is duo as reimbursements for sworn: J. Wacker (foreman), B. Haolterman,
to the Court; the learned Judge made an largest amount of money ever carried from San order for the arrest of the partner who Francisco by the liner. Mexican silver dollars still remained in Hongkong, and he to the amount of $1,000,000 and silver bullion worth as much thore was carried by the Siberia was committed to prison, pending his
The cargo of freight on her in across. examination in bankruptcy. Application | amounted to fully 9,000 tons. was now made that the order for the arrest and imprisonment of the partner in THE Oriental Telephone and Electric Com A. S. WATSON & Co., question should be rescinded on the ground.pany bave summoned a meeting to authorise
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mainly that he was not "in hiding" at the time the order was made, nor was it proved to the satisfaction of the Court that he was Agents in Hongkong and South China for likely to abscond. His Lordship held that the statement to the effect that the creditors believed that unless the said partner was arrested "he will abscond as his partner appears to have done" was manifestly [32 inaccurate. His Lordship further remarked; "There is no suggestion whatever that this man was going to abscond. On the con. trary, on the affidavits before me, up to the 12th (three days before the debtor was
SANDEMAN'S WINES.
ESTABLISHED 1841.
Hongkong, 12nd June, 1905.
GREGOR & CO.,
34 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
the creation of debenture stuck to the amount of 4:00,00 to provide for the reconstruction and extension of the installations, to comply with the requirements of the Governments of India, the Straits Settlements, and Hongkong.
THE following if the return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 25th June, 1905.
Library Museum Non-Chinese............. 261
75 4,294
Total...... 330 369|||
Chinese
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could to meet his creditors." And finally | Chinese Miscellany that on the completion of
at Port Arthur according to agreement, it is' the loss sustained by failure to deliver the flour claimed by Manager Waterhouse, of the steam ship company, that the real issue is to deter We have received from Messrs. Gibb, Living-mine who must stand the loss of the four taken ston & Co., agents here, the report of the by the Russians. Northera Assurance Co. for 19-4. «In the Fire
Department, the net premia for the year were 61,090,252, and the net losses £725,669. The net premia in the Life Department were 177,646, and the net lossen £235,203. The funds of this department now amount to 444 8,065, showing an increase for the year
on the 31st December last were £7,065,173- · of £178,995. The total assets of the company
THE South-China Collegium for Juse has a contribution by Mr. J. Dyer Ball un "Interpre: 'tation in Hongkong" in the course of which he says, "An interpreter is not like a puct is up posed to be, barn already equipped for his task; for even if he starts in such a course of life well furnished with several languages at the tip of his tongue, he requires many years, of
point of view," an extract from the report of an
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notes.
SHANGHAI GADLO,
A visit paid yesterday morning to the Municipal Gaol-an entirely voluntary visit fully explained the unwillingness of the Tantai date. It would utterly disgust him with his to visit it, says the N. C. D. News, of a recent own quarters in the City. The buildings them- selves have been so fully described in the Municipal Reports for 1901 and 1904, that is would be superfluous to describe them again. They are handsome, imposing, roomy, light, and airy, and most scrupulously clean. Every convict has a call to himself-there are 490 of these cells and instead of the traditional mas sive oaken door with bults and bars, and a litle
and then, each cell has an open iron grille,
and F. C. Butcher.
Mr. O. D. Thomson appeared on behalf of` the owners of the Kumsang and Mr, H, W. Looker, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Dascon, for the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Com pany's launch, No. 5
Among the witnesses called was a Beamún belonging to the Kumsang, who depored that on the day in question when he bad passed one of the Douglas steamers at her buny they saw the dock launch approaching and inime diately went astern and blow iwb blasts on the helm. The Kumtang then struck, the the whistle, at the same time Starboarding dock launch, and after the collision he saw a woman in the water. He threw a life buny to her and jumped in the water and got the woman aboard. In his opinion both launches were to blame for the collision-the Kumsang because she might have gone under the stern of the other, and the dock launch be- cause she was "too close to the steamer. Witness then contradicted bunsell and abiolved
could not go under the sters of the dock launch
Other evidence having been given' the case was adjourned.
THE WEATHER,
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg, First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory im
On the 27th at 13, 5p.m. The barometer has fallen over China and Japan.
arrested) he seems to have done what he WE learn from the latest number of Mary' patient toil and experience before he can fake window through which the warder looks now the deck boat from all blame. The Kumiung "The only case is one of mere presumption. the fourth volume of the journal Merny's Com, rank as a inasier workman." in: the same reaching from the ground almost to the ceiling, because the boats were too close to each o her." and this man must be immediately dischargmercial Guide will be taken in hand and Journal is the second part of Dr.. Hawks Pot's with a door opening on to a corridor which The dock launch was only ten yards from the
published with the least possible delay. Com. paper on Chinese education from. an ethical runs the whole le gth of the building. The steamer. WINE MERCHANTS, sent time." The effect of that judgment insight into things Chinese the work should function of education in the old China and the absolutely nothing where din or insects ed, with all the costs incurred up to the pre-piled by one who has acquired such a thorough address by the Rev. Dr. A. H. Smith on "The only furniture is a small black of wood nailed to the floor for a pillow, and there is would therefore appear to be that creditors be invaluable to those having any dealings new, together with a biographical notice of can harbour The corridors are lighted by must not merely submit reasonable grounds with the Chinese Empire.
Tseng Cho So and a collection of educational
very large iron barred windows, so that there for presuming that the debtor intends to
is plenty of light. The prisoners are well fed, evade the proceedings in bankruptcy; but Ms. and Mrs. Archibald Little have arrived in
as the almost complete emptiness of the in that they must actually prove that he is in the London from Western China. On the way
firmary shows, and they have healthy exercise very act of absconding. A debtor who fears home they have inspected the Rapids of the
in stone-breaking, pakum-picking, the manu to face the examination in bankruptcy has Danube, so as to compare them with the
facture of cair matting and mais for sale- therefore a very wide scope, How are his Rapids of Yangisze. The Itoumanian Govere
large business is done in this and tailoring WE ARE ISSUING FROM TO-DAY creditors to show that he intends to abscondment put a special steamer at Mr. Little's dis
and boot making. We went through the work except by presumption, and how are they to posal, so that he might see in detail all the articles are written by those entitled to sprak shops, under the guidance of Colonel Watson and Mr. Bleanerhassett, the head gaoler, and aside from their uniforms, it is difficult to realise that the men working away so con- tentedly are convicts. A very mild-mannered and gentle-looking Chinese, who was earnestly engaged in making a boot, was pointed out as the redoubtedly Vah Maw-maw; and the surviving Supao prisoner was engaged in
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TICKETS
ENTITLING THE HOLDER TO A
steps taken there to overcome the difficulties of navigation. They have taken a Dat for the season at St. James's Court, Buckingham-galt, S. W.
Pressure is highest over the Pacifi: to the NE of Japan, and a low area appears to be lying over N. China.
Gradients are slight in S. Ching, and moder ate SE to Swinds may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China
Bea
Forecast --Light variable winds; fair..
U.S. CONSUL Anderson, stationed at Amay, thinks California can build up a big winë'trade in that section.
ensure the protection of their interests ex- cept by obtaining his arrest until he has furnished security sufficient to guarantee his attendance at the bankruptcy examination? In the case under consideration the debtor A CORRESPONDENT writes to a home paper: may not have had the slightest intention of As there has been a controversy in the Times leaving the Colony; the fact that he remain about the pronunication of Admiral Rozhdest ed to discuss the position of affairs with his/vensky's name, which is said, to prevent suchful article on a journey through the land of the the artistic work of painting cabalistic, THE Building Inspectors' office bas its eye on
insuperable difficulty it is not so very great after creditors or their representatives for some all. The accent lies on the second syllable time after his partner was alleged to have. The name is pronounced Hoshi-dai-vensky decamped was evidence, in some measure, The nickname shortening it into "Roj" of his virtuous intentions. But the very fact (abbreviations, like "Pam" for Palmerston ON ALL PURCHASES MADE BY HIM that his partner was "in hiding" gave a sinis-izzy" for Disraeli, etc., being in dear
ter aspect to the case, and creditors were Englishment is certainly wrong. It could at only human when they tried to secure their most be "Rosch.” personal interests by asking the Court to
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OUR OFFICE
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The Far East magazine, the fourth number of which is now to hand, continues to maintain that high standard which it aimed at in the initial number. The topics dealt with are sole ly concerned with the Far East and as the from personal experience, knowledge or au thority they are uniformly interesting and valu able. In the present number Father Tschele, 6, tells the story of his visit to The tomb of the holy Yes-fu-ise, the favourite disciple of Confucius. H. B. Hulbert gives a spirited description of a run over the new Seoul Fusan railway, and F. Bochm concludes his delight Rising Sun. A pretty description of Chinese signs on prison uniforms. There were 456, the mirror-lined elevators, of Cleveland, The children, although common knowledge and apt convicts in the men's wards yesterday new code forbids the use of looking glasses in to be overlooked by the resident in the East, morning, but in the woman's block, which elevator cage construction. Deputy Building is supplied by J.D.C. A couple of verses "In has 36 most inviting cells, all facing south, Inspector Fonges looks with disfivour, on the praise of a lady" by Shi-king are above the there is only one lady convict, a two-year practice of having them lise the walls of cagen usual standard The Far East is copiously prisoner. She is not entirely alone, however, for omamenial purposes. To mirrored can illustrated with excellent photographe, and it in there were three other visitors, young ladies and the attractions which the reflectors cause indeed a credit to the Far East The auther waiting to be tried at the Mixed Count, only to people of primping tendencier, the deputy Mr. C. Fink and the publishers, the Shang detained, not imprisoned. Their comfort and building inspector believes many elevator
placed at such an angle that women, is step. their production.
ping up to one, block the passageway," said he, in speaking on this subject.⠀⠀ "Often, in stepping toward a mirror, a woman will forget that a portion of her skirt protudes beyond the
well,
hasselt.
prevent the remaining partner leaving the THE letter from the British merchants at hat Mercury, are alike to be congratulated on security are looked after by Mr. Blenner-accidents are attributable. "They are usually. Colony. Hongkong is in this peculiar posi- Shanghai giving the details asked for by Lord Lansdowne of the Chinese non-obser tion that Canton is not half a day's journey
vance of the Mackay Treaty has been sent We have received from Messrs. Gregor & Co. WITHIN A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS from Victoria, and there the knave is free, to the Consulate-General, which has forwarded of 34 Queen's Road, ons of their discount or comparatively free, from minions of the it with a strong covering letter to the tickets advertised in prother column of our law of Hongkong. It is therefore quite, British Minister at Peking for transmission paper. We have been requested to state that easy for a debtor to slip away in the night to the British Foreign Office. We learn the idea of these tickets is a distinctly Dovel to the mainland and snap his fingers at the that the China League at home has taken up one, because it is altogether a departure from
FROM DATE OF ISSUE.
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$10.00 each.
In another room a number of reformatory boys were engaged in tailoring. They receive a daily visit from a Chinese professor, who gives them an hour's lesson, with a blackboard,
in their native language, and in English, gratiog, and accidents occur in this way at
To look after this wayward family, there are European warders and forty Sikha and
trusting creditors in Hongkong. For that the matter very energetically in the House of known ways of doing business. Mabomedanı. - On Sundays the prison is visit reason it is essential that the enforcement of Commons and with the principal Chambers of claimed that it will strongly appeal to thed by missionaries, and the convicts are allow
Commerce at home, the action of the China the law which permits the Court to order Association at home being of a more perfunc the arrest of a debtor pending his examinatory nature.-MN, C, D. News, www tion, until he has furnished bonds which
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Hongkong residente, inasmuch as it willed to muster in the cornder and sing hymns, a enable them to save a considerable amount on relaxation much appreciated. The whole gaçl one of the expenditures which our climate with all its subsidiary buildings is a great makes a necessity. From what we can gather credit to the municipal staff, and it will ba will ensure his attendance at the examina A PRIVATE report received by the Tokic Foreign from a representative of Messrs Gregor & Co. found well worth a visit; in fact, the ratepayers tion, should be interpreted in a much nar Department alates that the 6th Vladivostock the basis on which they have been working ought to visit it and see how well their money rower spirit than in a similar case in Eng. Fortress Battalion, which left Cronstadt at the the possibilities of this scheme, is that has been sprat, and how admirably the instiju. beginning of March; arrived at Vladivostock in the most moderate of consumers expends on
Log is administered, under the careful and able land. There were special circumstances, the latter part of May, The baltalión in now an average considerably more than $933 per supervision of Colonel Watson. in this instance, no doubt, which led the engaged in preparing defence works. A second month is wises and spirits. Any expenditure an learned Judge to grant the application for torpedo boat flotilla and a number of troops over and above this sums will enable Meurs. the release of the debtor from prison without specially trained for brigade building have also demanding that he should provide security arrived. Several guns are reported to bave for his attendance at the bankruptcy pro- been removed from the Bogaty to the batteries ceedings; but the result of the case will not on land. One company and a half of light artillery and a company of field artillery, have free the mind of the commercial community been sent to Saghalien: The portion which from the painful belief that a new loophole has already arrived there has, it is believed, (as) has been discovered in the law, and one that | been despatched to Korsakoff
GREGOR & CO.,
34, QUERN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Hongkong, 27th June, 1903.
Gregor & Ca's ticket bolden to get their wines and spitlis, if purchased from the fires, at a re duced tale, the full beneft of the discount ticket coming evidently late, play after initial orders to the extent of S100,00 have been giver to Mesus. Gregor & Co. It is expected that messen, chummeries and families will not be long in availing themselves of these tickets.
THERE is much matter in the words of the Rev. 1, Clementi-Smith, Rector of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, who denounces the extrava- gance of the poor. They will spend their hard-earned money, he says, on white and pale blue clothes, and in order that they may have a wedding with trappings are content to slarve
afterwards.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUE. English (Churan) 28th inst, 6 am. Canadian (Tartar) 18th it 8 am. German (IV/llchad) zġib init- Canadian (Empress of japan) 3rd proxy German (Scharnković) 5th prox.
The C. P. R. Co.'s as- Empress of India arrived at Nagasaki at 9.30 a.m., on
Koba and left again at 4 p.m., same day, where she is due to arrive at 8pm, on 17th
inst
The C. P. R. CALL EM lo arrived at Yokohama at
and left again at 1 pm same day for Kobe where the is due to arrive at 3 pm, on 37th Tasti